Talking Bollox Podcast

Comedian John Colleary, perhaps best known for playing a guard in Hardy Bucks, joined us this week for an episode full of laughs - Including one of the best stories about interacting with a Garda that we've ever heard on the podcast.

He told us all about getting started in comedy and why so many comedians are actually quite shy and socially awkward until they step on stage.

John worked with David McSavageon on The Savage Eye and he reminisced on making the show and he told us why you wouldn’t get away with it today.

There’s a significant, and long awaited, moment on the bonus episode this week, as Terence arrives in the studio with some major news.

Warning: There is a film mentioned here and after that point it's full of spoilers. (And Calvin has no sympathy for anyone caught off guard by this one.)

Calvin is understandably very impressed with moonwalking horses, and the lads consider their easiest route to an Olympic gold medal - with Terence wondering if a bit of training could have him challenge for the title of the fastest man on Earth.

Danny joins us to discuss his meteoric rise in music from writing songs for TLC to pay his electricity bills to selling out 5 consecutive nights in the 3arena - All in spite of the fact that he failed music in school.

He opens up about his struggles and hardships of losing his band mate and best friend Mark Sheehan and how he can still feel his presence on stage. We discuss the new direction the band is now taking without Mark and how they are trying to honour his legacy by creating new music.

The Script's new album 'Satellites' is out on the 16th of August and the their latest track 'Both Ways' out now.

The consequences of half a haircut or a life with just one shoe are weighed up, while Terence has been doing some very refined snacking in local coffee shops.

A listener’s question sends us on a journey through the disturbing world of people living in your attic (a recently unlocked fear for Calvin), and the now long-standing tradition of listeners threating  Terence has spread to even the most professional arenas.

Terence threatens to take a juice fit as Calvin doubts his tales of clean living at the gym, and there are doubts raised about how natural Terry’s workout photography has been.

Dr. Austin O'Carroll is a GP in the inner city where he has spent his career caring for the homeless and providing services for addiction, along with all the daily tasks of a busy clinic. He spoke to us about how poverty and trauma affect your health and can decrease your life expectancy by 20 years.

Growing up with a disability due to Thalidomide, a medication available to pregnant women in the 60's which caused birth defects, Austin was told he wouldn't be able for the physical demands of the hospital but he knew he wanted to help people and has done just that. Austin is passionate about the rights of homeless people and drug users, and spoke to us about how society has failed them.

One of our listeners suggested Austin and if you have anyone you think we should talk to send an email to [email protected].

Terence Power is ready to shock the world with a pair of runners, and he wants to be tried in the court of public opinion.

We have some summer themed queries, with a lifetime of sandy feet up for debate.

We get some questionable but entertaining facts from one listener, Terence puts some thought into what he would permanently mark Calvin with, and the saga of Terence’s debated height continues.

Ibrahim Alagha and his young family were on a trip from Ireland visiting family in Gaza when war broke out on October 7th 2023. As the bombs dropped around them, he made the risky decision to move his family further south to Khan Yunis where he thought they would be safer. They sheltered in his father’s home for 50 days while waiting to get home to Ireland. That house in Khan Yunis has since been destroyed and the 90 people who took refuge there have now been displaced once again.

Ibrahim told us his harrowing story of life in a war zone and explained the situation in Palestine currently for his family and friends still stuck there.

Calvin arrives into the studio looking for trouble and Terence is planning a big birthday bash for his dog.

We hear another shocking descent into middle classism from Terry, while it seems Calvin may beyond help on that score.

Calvin has been hanging around with international comedy big hitters, and entertaining them on Seán McDermott Street.

There’s faint memories of fried bread and a flurry of questions around toast.

And a listener has a tale of an excruciating public humiliation that drags up some painful; and still raw memories.

Now that Terry's taken up the gym, we thought it would be the ideal time to get performance nutritionist Tony O'Neill on to talk us through some fitness and wellbeing dos and don'ts . He told us why fasting doesn't work for him but could work for others and explained why sustainability is the most important thing in a fat loss journey. He doesn't believe in hacks but offers lots of great advice and motivation to get you to the gym, for your head if not for your body.

Tony grew up in Belfast during the Troubles and spoke about how that impacted him and how he only realised his childhood was abnormal when he went to Australia as an adult.

After asking for dilemmas from the listeners, Terence is unhappy to find himself offering relationship advice and defining infidelity in this week's bonus.

Thankfully, there were some more traditional zingers in the mix too, including the most controversial of all: Is it window-sill or window-still?

Calvin's cleaning habits are exposed and the lads wonder if it's better to be able to change the past or predict the future?

Send your questions (or dilemmas!) to [email protected]